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Curriculum Vitae

Personal Information: Name: Darren Andrew Fa Nationality: British Sex: Male Date of Birth: 20/04/66 Age: 50 years Marital Status: Married Children: Three Address: Albuhera Lodge 19 Europa Road, Gibraltar. Tel: +350 56001915 e-mail: [email protected]

Job title: Director of Academic Programmes and Research The University of Gibraltar

Academic Qualifications:  Bayside Comprehensive School, Gibraltar 1 CSE - Religious Education 9 GCE ‘O’ Levels - Mathematics - English Language - English Literature - Biology - Physics - Chemistry - History - Art - Spanish 3 GCE ‘A’ Levels: - Biology - Mathematics - Physics

 First Class Honours degree (BA QTS) in Education and Biology (1990) awarded by the University of Surrey, U.K.

 Ph.D. in Biological Oceanography (July 1998) awarded by the Southampton Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton, U.K. Thesis entitled ‘The Influence of Pattern and Scale on Rocky-Shore Macrofaunal Communities along the Mediterranean/Atlantic Interface through the Straits of Gibraltar.’

 Masters degree in Museum Studies (July 2006) awarded by the University of Leicester, U.K.

Professional Career:  September 1990 – August1999: Teacher at St. Joseph’s Middle School, Gibraltar. As from 1992 held responsibility post (MPG +1) for Information Technology (I.T.) and Technology. In July 1999 I was promoted to head of Science (MPG +3) at St. Anne’s Middle School.

 September 1999 – July 2014: Education, Research & Survey Officer at the Gibraltar Museum. In this role I was responsible for developing and implementing the Museum’s Education Strategy and was also responsible for the setting up and maintenance of computer-based databases on Gibraltar’s Heritage, both man-made and natural. Amongst other responsibilities, I also assisted in the co-ordinating and carrying out of the Museum’s Research Programme, aspects of which included the Gibraltar Caves Project, work on palaeoenvironmental reconstructions, archaeological excavations, historical research, ecological fieldwork (both terrestrial and marine) and setting up and overseeing collaborative projects with other museums and institutions.

 August 2001 – July 2014: Co-Director of the Underwater Research Unit (URU) Gibraltar Museum. In this role I worked together with Dr Geraldine Finlayson of the Gibraltar Museum in the planning, execution of underwater research projects. These covered the ecology, archaeology, geology and landscape geography of submerged and intertidal areas.

 September 2004 – July 2014: Deputy Director of the Gibraltar Museum. My duties as Deputy Director incorporated most of the roles I carried out as Education, Research & Survey Officer, but also included direct support to the Director, as well as assisting in the management and administration of the Museum.

 August 2014 – Present: Director of Academic Programmes and Research at the University of Gibraltar. My duties in this role consist of creating, implementing, directing and delivering all academic programmes within the University of Gibraltar (undergraduate and postgraduate) including research degrees. It also involves broader elements such as international collaborations with partner universities, management of support staff and development of existing and new research programmes, as well as progressing my own personal research lines. During the University start-up phase the role was much more diverse to incorporate legislative drafting, strategic planning and development, recruitment and media outreach as well as working on the design concept for the University.

Memberships and Committees:  Registered European Commission Expert (Id: EX2014D194355) on Environment and Higher Education.

 University of Gibraltar Project Leader on EU-funded project “University Educators for Sustainable Development” (UE4SD) which aims to re-orient higher education curricula to address sustainable development. The consortium consists of 55 partners from 33 countries.

 Elected Fellow of the Linnean Society of London (FLS).

 Elected Member of the Royal Society of Biology (MRSB) and Chartered Biologist (CBiol) by the same Society.

 Member of the British Ecological Society (BES).

 Member of the Gibraltar Government’s Nature Conservancy Council, a statutory Government body tasked with overseeing and licensing research work on the natural environment.

 Member of the Gibraltar Government’s Environment Commission, tasked with overseeing the development of an environment programme, including implementation of EU Environment-based directives.

 Member of the Gibraltar Government’s Climate Change Forum, a group tasked with advising the Government with regard to the potential effects of climate change and possible remedial actions.

 Member of the Gibraltar Government’s Compensatory Measures Committee, tasked with assessing the compensatory measures that need to be taken in the case of negative impacts upon any EU-designated natural sites, either Sites of Community Interest (SCIs) or Special Areas of Conservation (SACs).

 Member of the Gibraltar Government’s UNESCO World Heritage Working Group, tasked with overseeing Gibraltar’s World Heritage Site of the Gorham’s Cave Complex.

 Trustee of the Gibraltar Trust for Earth Sciences and Archaeology.

 Executive Committee Member of The Gibraltar Centre for Mediterranean Studies (COMGIBCEMED).

 Member of the Fortress Study Group, the Ordnance Society and the Coast Defence Study Group.

 Member of the Marine Section of the Gibraltar Ornithological and Natural History Society (GONHS).

Other Relevant Diving and Maritime Qualifications:  Conféderation mondiale des activités subaauatiques (CMAS) Scientific Diver Speciality, No. ESPGC00000043  Member of the British Sub-Aqua Club (BSAC) No. A650100  BSAC Advanced Diver (equivalent to 3-star CMAS diver)  BSAC Advanced Instructor (AI 3086)  BSAC Advanced Lifesaver  BSAC First Aid for Divers  BSAC Marine Biology  BSAC Search and Recovery  BSAC Chartwork & Position Fixing  BSAC Dive Planning and Marshalling  BSAC Advanced Diving Techniques  BSAC Boat Handler & Diver Cox’n  BSAC Advanced Nitrox Diver (No. 948)  BSAC Extended Range Diver (No. 161)  BSAC First Aid Instructor  BSAC Approved Boat Handling Instructor  BSAC Practical rescue Management Instructor  State registered Oxygen Administrator (No. 12491)  Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) Rebreather Diver  Technical Diving International (TDI) Advanced Gas Blender No. 153511  Nautical Archaeology Society (NAS) Parts I & III: Foreshore and Underwater Archaeology  NAS Tutor  CB Radio Operator licence  Royal Yachting Association (RYA) level 2 powerboat qualification  RYA Day Skipper qualification for sailing boats.  British Lifesaving Society’s Bronze Medallion

 As a Nautical Archaeological Society (NAS) Instructor I have taught on local introductory courses in Maritime archaeology to local divers.

Awards:  In 2003 the Gibraltar Museum’s Underwater Research Unit (of which I was a Director) was awarded first prize at the first ever NAS ‘Adopt a Wreck’ scheme for our work on the wreck of the armed trawler HMT Erin, which was sabotaged and sank during WWII.

Research Interests:

Oral and Poster Presentations in Academic Conferences:

Ecology, Conservation & Environment:  Fa, D.A. (1991). Community dynamics and diversity of rocky-shore communities in Gibraltar - the impact of bio-degradation. Gibraltar Ornithological and Natural History Society (GONHS) Conference, John Mackintosh Hall, Gibraltar.

 Fa, D.A. (1993). Queensway Quay: a case study in conservation management. Gibraltar Business Open Day, John Mackintosh Hall, Gibraltar.

 Fa, D.A. (1995). How long is the coastline of Gibraltar? Fractals and some conservation implications. II Jornadas de Estudio y Conservación de la Flora y Fauna del Campo de Gibraltar. 15th-17th September, Jimena de la Frontera, Spain.

 Fa, D.A. (1998). Spatial scaling of distributional range, abundance and body size relationships in littoral organisms. International Congress of Ecology (INTECOL), 19th-25th July, Florence, Italy.

 Sánchez-Moyano, J.E., García -Adiego, E.M., Estacio, F.J., Fa, D.A. & García -Gómez, J.C. (1999). Importancia de la presencia de vegetación en un ecosistema marino: distribución de la macrofauna de una pradera del alga Caulerpa prolifera en la Bahía de Algeciras. Jornadas de Estudio y Conservación de la Flora y Fauna del Campo de Gibraltar, Tarifa, Spain.

 Fa, D.A., Sánchez-Moyano, J. E., García Asencio, I., García Gómez, J.C., Finlayson, C. & Sheader, M. (2002). A comparative study of the marine eco- regions of the south Iberian Peninsula as identified from different coastal habitats. XII Iberian Symposium on Marine Benthic Ecology / 1st Trans-Border congress on Marine Biology, organised by the University of Seville and the Gibraltar Museum, Gibraltar-La Línea de la Concepción, 22-25th October, John Mackintosh Hall, Gibraltar.

 Fa, D.A., García-Gómez, J.C., Sheader, M., Finlayson, C., Fernández-Nespral, R., Sánchez, J.E., García-Adiego, E.M. & Estacio, F.J. (2002). The Saladillo harbour: littoral communities across pollution gradients and a novel application of the 'Rapoport effect' in pollution biomonitoring. XII Iberian Symposium on Marine Benthic Ecology / 1st Trans-Border congress on Marine Biology, organised by the University of Seville and the Gibraltar Museum, Gibraltar-La Línea de la Concepción, 22-25th October, John Mackintosh Hall, Gibraltar.

 Menez, A., Fa, D.A., Sánchez-Moyano, J. E., García Asencio, I., García- Gómez, J. C. & Fa, J. E. (2002). The abundances and distributions of molluscs in south Iberia: A comparison of marine and terrestrial systems. XII Iberian Symposium on Marine Benthic Ecology / 1st Trans-Border congress on Marine Biology, organised by the University of Seville and the Gibraltar Museum, Gibraltar-La Línea de la Concepción, 22-25th October, John Mackintosh Hall, Gibraltar.

 Ocaña, T. M.J. & Fa, D.A. (2002). Food availability and its consumption by Siphonaria pectinata (Linné, 1758). XII Iberian Symposium on Marine Benthic Ecology / 1st Trans-Border congress on Marine Biology, organised by the University of Seville and the Gibraltar Museum, Gibraltar-La Línea de la Concepción, 22-25th October, John Mackintosh Hall, Gibraltar.

 Guerra-García, J.M., Corzo, J., Espinosa, F., Fa, D.A. & García-Gómez, J.C. (2003). Extinction risk and harbours as marine reserves? Poster presentation. Malacological Society of London Conference, Rhodes University, Limpets 2003. 28-30th March, Cumbrae Island, Scotland.

 Espinosa, F., Guerra-García, J.M., Fa, D.A., García-Gómez, J.C. (2006). Patrones genéticos de las poblaciones de patélidos Atlanto-Mediterráneos: Implicaciones taxonómicas, biogeográficas y paleoclimáticas. Poster presented at the XIV Simposio Ibérico de Estudios de Biología Marina CosmoCaixa Barcelona, 12-15th September, Museo de la Ciencia de la Obra Social "la Caixa", Barcelona, Spain.

 Espinosa, F., González, A.R., Maestre, M., Fa, D.A., Guerra-García, J.M., García-Gómez, J.C. (2006). Preliminary observations on activity rhythms of the endangered limpet Patella ferruginea. XIV Simposio Ibérico de Estudios de Biología Marina CosmoCaixa Barcelona, 12-15th September, Museo de la Ciencia de la Obra Social "la Caixa", Barcelona, Spain.

 Fa, D.A. (2008). Zonas de transición: la ecología de la zona intermareal a través del Estrecho de Gibraltar. Seminario sobre el Estrecho de Gibraltar, 20th May, Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Ecología Aplicada, Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain.

 García-Gómez, J.C., Espinosa, F., Rivera-Ingraham, G., Guerra-García, J.M., López-Fé, C.M., Fa, D.A., Maestre, M.J., González, A.R., & Ruíz, A. (2012). Microrreservas marinas artificiales en la línea de costa. Hacia un nuevo modelo de gestión de la biodiversidad en áreas litorales. I Congreso Iberoamericano de Gestión Integrada de Áreas Litorales, 25-27th January, Universidad de Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain.

 Fa, D.A. (2012). Fantasmas Ecológicos: La Importancia de le Historia en la Conservación. 28th November, Seminar on Environmental and Ecological Conservation, University of Seville, Seville, Spain.

Archaeology, Geomorphology, History, Palaeoecology & Prehistory:  Fa, D.A., Bound, M., Finlayson, C. & Lario, J. (2000). The underwater archaeological and historical heritage of Gibraltar. VI Jornadas de Historia del Campo de Gibraltar, Instituto de Estudios Campogibraltareños, 20th-22nd October, John Mackintosh Hall, Gibraltar.

 Fa, D.A. (2000). Ecological and behavioural correlates of range expansion and contraction I: Spatial perception at different scales. Session on Late Pleistocene Human Ecology in Europe, 6th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA), 13th-16th September, Lisbon, Portugal.

 Finlayson, C., Giles Pacheco, F., Barton, R.N.E., Fa, D.A., Finlayson, G., Gutierrez López, J.-M. & Santiago Pérez, A. (2000). Use of the landscape by humans from the Middle Palaeolithic to the Neolithic – the case of the northern shore of the Strait of Gibraltar. VI Jornadas de Historia del Campo de Gibraltar, Instituto de Estudios Campogibraltareños, 20th-22nd October, John Mackintosh Hall, Gibraltar.

 Fa, D.A. (2000). Ship archaeology and beyond… the need to expand our horizons. VII Forum of the Mediterranean Maritime Heritage, Association of Mediterranean Maritime Museums (AMMM) Conference, 1st-3rd November, Athens, Greece.

 Fa, D.A., Lario, J., Smith, P. & Finlayson, C. (2000) Submerged features around the coast of Gibraltar and their potential use by early humans. I Congreso Andaluz de Espeleología, Federación Española de Espeleología, 6th-10th December 2000, Ronda, Spain.

 Lario, J., Fa, D.A., Smith, P., Finlayson, J.C., Zazo, C. & Goy, J.L. (2001). Reconocimiento de paleoniveles freáticos en cavidades sumergidas de Gibraltar y su relación con variaciones del nivel del mar. V Iberian Quaternary Meeting, I Quaternary Congress of Countries of Iberian Languages, 23rd-27th July, Lisbon, Portugal.

 Fa, D.A., Finlayson, C., Giles Pacheco, F., Finlayson, G., Aguilera, F. & Aguilera, J. (2001). Building bridges: new perspectives on Out-of-Africa. Calpe 2001 Conference, Neanderthals and Modern Humans in Late Pleistocene Eurasia, 16th-19th August, John Mackintosh Hall, Gibraltar.

 Finlayson, C., Finlayson, G., & Fa, D.A. (2001). Pandas, Dodos and Neanderthals: endangered species in the Quaternary red data book. Calpe 2001 Conference, Neanderthals and Modern Humans in Late Pleistocene Eurasia, 16th-19th August, John Mackintosh Hall, Gibraltar.

 Giles Pacheco, F., Finlayson, C., Santiago Pérez, A., Fa, D.A., Gutiérrez López, J.M. & Finlayson, G. (2002). The effect of climate change on the distribution of humans in southern Iberia in the late Quaternary. Quaternary climatic changes and environmental crises in the Mediterranean Region, organized by the Universidad de Alcalá-MCYT-INQUA (Commission on Human Evolution and Palaeoecology), 15th -18th July, Alcalá De Henares, Madrid, Spain.

 Finlayson, C., Fa, D.A., Finlayson, G. & Giles Pacheco, F. (2002). Neandertales y cromañones – dinámica sutil de extinción y colonización a diversas escalas. IV National Meeting on Geoarchaeology, 16th-18th September, Almazán (Soria), Spain.

 Finlayson G., Fa, D.A. & Smith, P. (2002). The Gibraltar Museum Underwater Research Unit. Nautical Archaeology Society Annual Conference, Portsmouth, U.K.

 Smith, P., Fa, D.A. & Finlayson, G. (2003). The ‘Inner and Outer’: a detective story. Nautical Archaeological Society (NAS) Annual Conference, 8th November, Plymouth University, U.K.

 Fa, D.A., Giles-Pacheco, F. & Rodríguez-Vidal, J. et al. (2004). Human dispersal into Europe in the lower and middle Pleistocene – preliminary geological and archaeological evidence from Gibraltar. Calpe 2004 Conference, Perspectives on Human Origins, 26th-29th August, John Mackintosh Hall, Gibraltar.

 Finlayson, C., Finlayson, G. & Fa, D.A. (2004). Gibraltar – a prehistoric landscape of global importance. PALAEOMED Workshop, Climate change, environmental change and human occupation of coastal sites in the Mediterranean from 250 thousand years ago until the historic Holocene (3rd Century BC), 19-21st May 2004, John Mackintosh Hall, Gibraltar.

 Jennings, R.P., Finlayson, J.C., Fa, D.A. & Finlayson, G.F. (2004). Was climate change or the arrival of modern humans the leading factor in the extinction of the Neanderthals from southern Iberia? Calpe 2004 Conference, Perspectives on Human Origins, 26th-29th August, John Mackintosh Hall, Gibraltar.

 Smith, P., Fa, D.A. & Finlayson, G. (2004). The ‘Inner and Outer’ site: Gibraltar. British Sub-Aqua Club’s Diving Officers Convention, 4th December, London University, U.K.

 Fa, D.A. & Finlayson, G. (2005). Of ships, and shoes, and sealing wax: Commerce and the navy at Gibraltar. Calpe 2005 Conference, Sentinel of the Mediterranean: Gibraltar, the Navy and the Strait, 27th-30th August, John Mackintosh Hall, Gibraltar.

 Finlayson, C., Finlayson, G. & Fa, D.A. (2005). Bioclimatic specialists and generalists – scars of the Quaternary glaciations. Asociación Española del Cuaternario (AEQUA) Conference, 26th-28th September, John Mackintosh Hall, Gibraltar.

 Jennings, R., Finlayson, C., Fa, D.A. & Finlayson, G. (2005). Neanderthal extinction in southern Iberia as a result of climate change. Asociación Española del Cuaternario (AEQUA) Conference, 26th-28th September, John Mackintosh Hall, Gibraltar.

 Fa, D.A., Finlayson, C. & Finlayson, G. (2005). Gibraltar: its prehistory and current considerations. Cultural Heritage Enhancement in the Region of Maghreb (CHERM) Meeting, Kenitra, Morocco.

 Fa, D.A. (2006). From Neanderthals to Phoenicians: Evidence of use of Marine Resources in Gorham’s Cave, Gibraltar. Cultural Landscape in Danger. Association of Mediterranean Maritime Museums (AMMM) Conference, 23-25th May, Piran, Slovenia.

 Ferguson, J.E., Fa, D.A., Atkinson, T.C., Barton, R.N.E., Ditchfield, P., Henderson, G.M. & Finlayson, J.C. (2006). High resolution climate records from stable isotopes and trace metals in mollusc shells from Gibraltar. 16th Annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conference 2006, 27th August – 1st September, Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre, Melbourne , Australia.

 Finlayson, C., Finlayson, G. Brown, K. & Fa, D.A. (2006). On the exploitation of coastal and marine resources by humans at Gibraltar during the last glacial cycle 125 -10 kyr BP. 15th Congress of the International Union for Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences (UISPP), 4th September, Lisbon, Portugal.

 Rodríguez Vidal, J. & Fa, D.A. (2006). Physical evolution and dynamics of the Strait of Gibraltar in recent geological times. Calpe 2006 Conference, Straits, Refuges and the Geography of Populations, 14th – 17th September, John Mackintosh Hall, Gibraltar.

 Jimenez Espejo, F., Martinez Ruiz, F., Finlayson, C., Finlayson, G. & Fa, D.A. (2006) Reconstruction of Late Pleistocene southern Iberian climate and associated human demographic events using marine core records. Calpe 2006 Conference, Straits, Refuges and the Geography of Populations, 14th – 17th September, John Mackintosh Hall, Gibraltar.

 Fa, D.A. (2006). Los recursos alimenticios costeros según el registro arqueológico de las cuevas de Gibraltar. El Hábitat de los Últimos Neandertales, 21st November, Facultad de Ciencias Experimentales, Universidad de Huelva, Huelva, Spain.

 Fa, D.A. (2007). Molluscs and the Palaeointertidal Zone. Cultural Heritage Enhancement in the Region of Maghreb (CHERM) Palaeo-Eco Meeting, 9- 11th March, John Mackintosh Hall, Gibraltar.

 Finlayson, G., Fa, D.A. & Finlayson, C. (2007). The Submerged Coastal Shelf and Human Evolution. World Heritage of Human Origins Conference, 17-21st April, Mildura, Australia.

 Rodríguez-Vidal, J., Finlayson, C., Flemming, N., Abad, M., Cáceres, L.M., Ruiz, F., Fa, D.A. & Finlayson, G. (2007). Rasgos erosivos de niveles marinos cuaternarios en las laderas del Peñon de Gibraltar. IV Reunión de Geomorfología Litoral, Palma de Mallorca, 3rd – 5th May, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

 Rodríguez-Vidal, J., Abad, M., Cáceres, L.M., Ruiz, F., Fa, D.A., Finlayson, C., & Finlayson, G. (2007). Evidencias erosivas y bioerosivas en la costa rocosa de Gibraltar al inicio del último interglacial. de Gibraltar. IV Reunión de Geomorfología Litoral, Palma de Mallorca, 3rd – 5th May, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

 Fa, D.A., Finlayson, G. & Finlayson, C. (2007). The Maritime Research Activities of the Gibraltar Museum. International Congress on the “Ways of the Sea”, 18th -19th June, Palazzo D’Aumale, Terrasini, Sicily.

 Fa, D.A. & Espinosa, F. (2007). On the road to extinction? Long-term impact of human activities along the Mediterranean coastal zone and their effect on littoral species, with particular reference to the endangered limpet Patella ferruginea Gmelin, 1791. Calpe 2007 Conference, People in the Mediterranean: a history of interaction, 27th-30th September, John Mackintosh Hall, Gibraltar.

 Finlayson, C., Finlayson, G., Fa, D.A., Brown, K. (2007). How the obsession with cladistics and stone tool typology obstructed our understanding of the reality in human evolution. International Seminar on Climate and Humans: Depicting Environmental Scenarios for Human Evolutionary Changes and Cultural Collapses. Fundación Seneca, 23rd – 25th October, Murcia, Spain.

 Fa, D.A, Finlayson, G., Valarino, C. & Finlayson, C. (2007). Humans and the Sea. Archaeology of the Mediterranean (ARCHAEOMED) Meeting, 30th November, 2nd December, Naples, Italy.

 Finlayson, C. & Fa, D.A. (2008). From Howieson’s Poort to Ohalo: identity excursions into remote Pleistocene worlds. Calpe 2008 Conference, The Evolution of Identities: Small Communities in Space and Time. 17th – 20th September, John Mackintosh Hall, Gibraltar.

 Finlayson, G., Fa, D.A. & Finlayson, C. (2008). Quantitative Habitat and Landscape Reconstruction of a Neanderthal Coastal Shelf Refugium. Final meeting of the EU-funded Cultural Heritage Enhancement in the Region of Maghreb (CHERM) Project, 29-30th November, Kenitra, Morocco.

 Fa, D.A. (2009). Intertidal and marine ecosystems of MIS 3 and 2 – the added value dimension. Calpe Conference 2009, Human Evolution: 150 years after Darwin. 16th-20th September, John Mackintosh Hall, Gibraltar.

 Jennings, R., Finlayson, C., Fa, D.A. & Finlayson, G. (2009). Southern Iberia as a refuge for late Neanderthal populations. Calpe Conference 2009, Human Evolution: 150 years after Darwin. 16th-20th September, John Mackintosh Hall, Gibraltar.

 Finlayson, C., Giles-Pacheco, F., Rodríguez-Vidal, J., Fa, D.A. & Finlayson, G. (2009). Gibraltar – an MIS 3 and 2 super-refugium. Calpe Conference 2009, Human Evolution: 150 years after Darwin. 16th-20th September, John Mackintosh Hall, Gibraltar.

 Finlayson, C., Fa, D.A., Finlayson, G. & Jennings, R. (2011). Lost worlds: Biogeography of the Genus Homo in the Plio-Pleistocene. 5th Biennial Conference of the International Biogeography Society, 7th-11th January, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.

 Fa, D.A. (2011). Beachcombers and aquanauts on prehistoric shores: Palaeolithic hunter-gatherer subsistence economies and maritime activities along the Strait of Gibraltar. Calpe Conference 2011, Bridges and Barriers: A History of the Strait of Gibraltar. 22nd-25th September, John Mackintosh Hall, Gibraltar.

 Fa, D.A., Finlayson, C. & Finlayson, G. (2011). Gibraltar and the Neanderthals. Friends of Gibraltar Society Annual Meeting, 15th October, Winchester, U.K.

 Fa, D.A., Finlayson, C. & Finlayson, G., Gutierrez, J.M., Giles Pacheco, F. & Rodriguez-Vidal, J. (2012). An overview of over thirty millennia of marine mollusc exploitation at Gorham’s Cave, Gibraltar. III Reunión Científica De Arqueomalacología De La Península Ibérica. 3rd -4th December, Cádiz, Spain.

Education & Interpretation:  Fa, D.A., Finlayson, C. & Finlayson, G. (2004). Introducing Prehistory to Primary School Children: A Case Study in Gibraltar. Invited speaker, TEMPER (Training, Education, Management and Prehistory in the Mediterranean) Conference, Bringing the Past to Diverse Communities: An International Conference on Management and Education in Mediterranean Prehistory, 16th -18th April 2004, Mediterranean Hotel, Rhodes, Greece.

 Fa, D.A., Finlayson, G. & Finlayson, C. (2007). Prehistory in Schools – a case study from Gibraltar. World Heritage of Human Origins Conference, 17th – 21st April, Mildura, Australia.

Heritage Management:  Fa, D.A. (1999). Gibraltar Museum database structure with specific reference to maritime heritage. VI Forum of Mediterranean Maritime Heritage, Association of Mediterranean Maritime Museums (AMMM) Conference, 18th November, John Mackintosh Hall, Gibraltar.

 Fa, D.A. & Finlayson, C. (2000). Historical and cultural resource background of a fortress city and landscape. The International Round Table of Mayors of World Heritage Fortress Cities, UNESCO, 5th-7th September, Suwon City, Korea.

 Finlayson, C., Fa, D.A., Finlayson, G. & Viagas, C. (2000). Criteria for the management of a fortress city – Gibraltar, a case study. The International Round Table of Mayors of World Heritage Fortress Cities, UNESCO, 5th-7th September, Suwon City, Korea.

 Finlayson, C., Fa, D.A., Finlayson, G. & Viagas, C. (2002). Towards a Global Strategy. UNESCO World Heritage Centre, 24th May, Paris, France.

 Finlayson, C., Finlayson, G. & Fa, D.A. (2004). Gibraltar – researching, conserving and managing a unique prehistoric landscape. TEMPER (Training, Education, Management and Prehistory in the Mediterranean) Conference, Bringing the Past to Diverse Communities: An International Conference on Management and Education in Mediterranean Prehistory, 16-18th April 2004, Mediterranean Hotel, Rhodes, Greece.

 Fa, D.A., Finlayson, G. & Finlayson, J.C. (2008). Applying a Conservation Prioritization approach to Submerged and Coastal Sites. ARCHAEOMAP (Archaeology of the Mediterranean - Management and Planning) Meeting, 15th-17th December, Rome, Italy.

 Fa, D.A., Finlayson, G. & Finlayson, J.C. (2013). The Integrated Management of Submerged Heritage Sites in Gibraltar. EUPLOIA (Implementing Underwater Cultural Heritage 'Best Practices' in a Mediterranean Context) Meeting, 17th-19th October, Syracuse, Sicily, Italy.

Peer-Reviewed Articles in Journals, Book Chapters & Conference Proceedings:

Ecology, Conservation & Environment:  Various authors (1995). Proyecto de Investigación Biológica “Bahía de Algeciras” (1991-1995). Presentación final de los resultados. Book: Medioambiente y Biodiversidad. (J.C. García Gómez, F.J. García, J.L. Cervera y C.M. López, eds.). 56 pp.

 Fa, D.A. (1996). How long is the coastline of Gibraltar? Fractals and some conservation implications. Almoraima, 15: 273–281.

 Estacio, F.J., García -Adiego, E.M., Fa, D.A., García -Gomez, J.C., Daza, J.L., Hortas, F. & Gomez-Ariza, J.L. (1997). Ecological analysis in a polluted area of Algeciras Bay (Southern Spain): external ‘versus’ internal outfalls and environmental implications. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 34: 780–793.

 García-Adiego, E.M., Sánchez-Moyano, J.E., Fernández-Nespral, R., Briones, E., Fa, D.A. & García -Gomez, J.C. (1999). Influenza de algunos factores ambientales en la distribucíon de las comunidades macrobentónicas del estuario del Río Palmones (Sur de España). Ciencias del Mar, UAS, 17.

 Sánchez-Moyano, J.E., García -Adiego, E.M., Estacio, F.J., Fa, D.A. & García -Gomez, J.C. (1999). Importancia de la presencia de vegetación en un ecosystema marino: distribución de la macrofauna de una pradera del alga Caulerpa prolifera en la Bahía de Algeciras. Almoraima, 15: 273–281.

 Fa, D.A., García-Gómez, J.C., García Adiego, E.M., Sánchez Moyano, J.E. & Estacio Gil, F. (2000). El Litoral II: Zonas de Transición. C) Las Zonas Supralitoral y Mediolitoral. In Naturaleza de Andalucía. Tomo 2: El Mar. Ediciones Giralda, S.L., Seville, pp. 171–194.

 García-Gómez, J.C., Sánchez Moyano, J.E., Estacio Gil, F., Fa, D.A. & García Adiego, E.M. (2000). El Litoral III: Un Mundo Permanentemente Sumergido. In Naturaleza de Andalucía. Tomo 2: El Mar. Ediciones Giralda, S.L., Seville, pp. 197–236.

 Fa, D.A. & Fa, J.E. (2002). Species diversity, abundance and body size in rocky-shore mollusca: a twist in Siemann, Tilman & Haarstad’s parabola? Journal of Molluscan Studies, 68: 95–100.

 Finlayson, G., Finlayson. C., Mosquera, M. & Fa, D.A. (2002). The breeding distribution of Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita brehmii and Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli in southern Spain. Almoraima, 27: 23–26.

 Finlayson, C., Finlayson, G., Mosquera, M. & Fa, D.A. (2002). The breeding bird community in the cork oak woodland of Cádiz and its significance in the context of the south and west of the Iberian Peninsula. Almoraima, 27: 27–31.

 Fa, D.A., Finlayson, J.C., García Adiego, E.M., Sánchez Moyano, J.E. & García-Gómez, J.C. (2002). Influence of some environmental factors on the structure and distribution of the rocky shore macrobenthic communities in the Bay of Gibraltar: preliminary results. Almoraima, 28: 73–88.

 Fa, D.A., García-Gómez, J.C., Sheader, M., Finlayson, C., Fernandez-Nespral Calero, R., Sánchez-Moyano, J.E., García-Adiego, E. & Estacio, F. (2002). The Saladillo Harbour: littoral communities across pollution gradients and a novel application of the ‘Rappoport effect’ in biomonitoring. XII Simposio Ibérico de estudios del bentos marino: libro de resúmes. Algeciras: Impresur, p.68.

 Fa, D.A., Sánchez-Moyano, J.E., García-Asencio, I., García-Gómez, J.C., Finlayson, C. & Sheader, M. (2003). A comparative study of the marine eco- regions of the south Iberian Peninsula as identified from different coastal habitats. Boletín del Instituto Español de Oceanografía, XII Simposio Ibérico de estudios del bentos marino, 19 (1-4):135–147.

 Menez, A., Fa, D.A., Sánchez-Moyano, J.E., García Asencio, I., García- Gómez, J.C. & Fa, J.E. (2003). The abundances and distributions of molluscs in south Iberia. A comparison of marine and terrestrial systems. Boletín del Instituto Español de Oceanografía, XII Simposio Ibérico de estudios del bentos marino, 19 (1-4): 75–92.

 Ocaña, T.M.J. & Fa, D.A. (2003). Microalgal availability and its consumption by Siphonaria pectinata (Linné, 1758) on a rocky shore. Boletín del Instituto Español de Oceanografía, XII Simposio Ibérico de estudios del bentos marino, 19 (1-4): 65–74.

 Guerra-García, J.M., Corzo, J., Espinosa, F., Fa, D.A. & García-Gómez, J.C. (2004). Extinction risks and harbours as marine reserves? Journal of Molluscan Studies, 70: 96–98.

 Espinosa, F., Fa, D.A. & Ocaña, T. (2005). Estado de la especie amenazada Patella ferruginea Gmelin, 1791 (Gastropoda: Patellidae) en la bahía de Algeciras y Gibraltar. Iberus 23(2): 39–46.

 Espinosa, F., Guerra-García, J.M., Fa, D.A. & García-Gómez, J.C. (2006). Aspects of reproduction and their implications for the conservation of the endangered limpet, Patella ferruginea. Invertebrate Reproduction and Development, 44(1-2): 85–92.

 Espinosa, F., Guerra-García, J.M., Fa, D.A. & García-Gómez, J.C. (2006). Effects of competition on an endangered limpet Patella ferruginea (Gastropoda: Patellidae): implications for conservation. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 330: 482–492.

 Sánchez Moyano, J.E., Fa, D.A., Estacio Gil, F. & García-Gómez, J.C. (2006). Monitoring of marine benthic communities and taxonomic resolution. An approach through diverse habitats and substrates along the southern Iberian coastline. Helgoland Marine Research, 60: 243–255.

 Espinosa, F., González, A.R., Maestre, M.J., Fa, D.A., Guerra-García, J.M. & García-Gómez, J.C. (2007) Preliminary observations on activity rhythms and foraging behaviour in the endangered limpet Patella ferruginea. Acta Zoologica Sinica, 53: 179–183.

 Garcia Gomez, J.C., Espinosa Torre, F., Sanchez Moyano, J.E., Guerra García, J.M., Fa, D.A., Olaya Ponzone, L., Ruiz Giráldez, F. (2007). Fondos Mediterráneos Españoles: Andalucía. In Fondos del Mediterráneo Español, Madrid, pp. 195–218.

 Espinosa, F., González, A. R., Maestre, M. J., Fa, D.A., Guerra-García, J. M. and García-Gómez, J. C. (2008). Responses of the endangered limpet Patella ferruginea to reintroduction under different environmental conditions: survival, growth rates and life-history. Italian Journal of Zoology, 75: 371–384.

 Espinosa, F., Rivera-Ingraham, G., Fa, D.A. & García-Gómez, J.C. (2009). Effect of human pressure on population size structures of the endangered ferruginean limpet: towards future management measures. Journal of Coastal Research, 25(4): 857–863.

 García-Gómez, J.C., Espinosa, F., Rivera-Ingraham, G., Guerra-García, J.M., López-Fé, C.M., Fa, D.A., Maestre, M.J., González, A.R., & Ruíz, A. (2012). Microrreservas marinas artificiales en la línea de costa. Hacia un nuevo modelo de gestión de la biodiversidad en áreas litorales. In I Congreso Iberoamericano de Gestión Integrada de Áreas Litorales, Libro de Comunicaciones, [Eds. Grupo de Investigación Gestión Integrada de Áreas Litorales, Universidad de Cádiz], Cádiz, Spain, pp. 1719–1726. ISBN 13: 978-84-695-1823-6.

 García-Gómez, J.C., Guerra-García, J.M., Espinosa, F., Maestre, M.J., Rivera-Ingraham, G., Fa, D.A. & González, A.R. (2014). Artificial marine reserves networks: an innovative approach to conserve marine littoral biodiversity and protect endangered species. Marine Ecology, DOI:10.1111/maec.12167.

Palaeoecology, Archaeology, Geomorphology & Prehistory:  Fa, D.A. (1994). The rocky-shore biota along the Mediterranean-Atlantic interface: biogeographical, ecological and palaeoenvironmental considerations. In Gibraltar During The Quaternary, [Eds. J. Rodriguez Vidal, F. Diaz del Olmo, J.C. Finlayson, F. Giles Pacheco], Monografias Aquea, Seville.

 Fa, D.A., Lario, J., Smith, P. & Finlayson, C. (2000). Submerged features around the coast of Gibraltar and their potential use by early humans. I Congreso Andaluz de Espeleología, Actas. Ronda, pp. 143-149.

 Fa, D.A. & Sheader, M. (2000). Zonation patterns and fossilization potential of the rocky-shore biota along the Mediterranean-Atlantic interface: a possible framework for environmental reconstruction. In J.C. Finlayson, G. Finlayson & D.A. Fa [Eds.] Gibraltar During the Quaternary. Gibraltar Government Publications, Gibraltar, pp. 237-251.

 Currant, A.P., Barton, R.N.E., Finlayson, J.C., Stringer, C.B., Giles Pacheco, F., Finlayson, G. & Fa, D.A. (2000). Human occupation of Gibraltar during Oxygen Isotope Stages 2 and 3 and a comment on the late survival of Neanderthals in the southern Iberian Peninsula. Proc. 3rd Iberian Archaeological Congress, Vila Real, Portugal.

 Finlayson, C., Fa, D.A. & Finlayson, G. (2000). Biogeography of human colonizations and extinctions in the Pleistocene. Memoirs Gibcemed, 1: 3- 69.

 Fa, D.A., Bound, M., Finlayson, C. & Lario, J. (2001). The underwater archaeological and historical heritage of Gibraltar. Almoraima, 25: 429-436.

 Fa, D.A., Finlayson, C., Giles Pacheco, F., Finlayson, G., Aguilera, F. & Aguilera, J. (2001). Building bridges: new perspectives on Out-of-Africa. In C. Finlayson [Ed.] Neanderthals and Modern Humans in Late Pleistocene Eurasia. Abstracts from the Calpe 2001 Conference, Gibraltar Government Heritage Publications, Gibraltar.

 Fa, D.A., Finlayson, G. & Smith, P. (2001). El karst sumergido de Gibraltar. Boletín No 2, Sedeck, Sociedad Española de Espeleología y Ciencias del Karst, pp. 82-83.

 Giles Pacheco, F., Finlayson, C., Rodriguez Vidal, J., Santiago Pérez, A., Gutierrez López, J. Ma, Fa, D.A., Mata Almonte, E., Finlayson, G & Giles Guzmán, F. (2001). Referencia a las dataciones en los sistemas kársticos con ocupaciones humanas del Peñon de Gibraltar. Boletín No 2, Sedeck, Sociedad Española de Espeleología y Ciencias del Karst, pp. 86-90.

 Finlayson, C., Giles Pacheco, F., Rodriguez Vidal, J., Fa, D.A., Finlayson, G., Santiago Pérez, A., Gutierrez López, J.M. (2003). Diseño y estratégias de la investigación en el sur de la Península Ibérica. In Sociedades Recolectoras y Primeros Productores: Actas de las Jornadas Temáticas Andaluzas de Arqueología, Arqueología Monografías, Consejería de Cultura y Dirección General de Bienes Culturales, Junta de Andalucía, Spain.

 Giles Pacheco, F., Finlayson, C., Santiago Pérez, A., Fa, D.A., Gutiérrez López, J.M. & Finlayson, G. (2003). The effect of climate change on the distribution of humans in southern Iberia in the late Quaternary. In Quaternary climatic changes and environmental crises in the Mediterranean Region, ed. M.B. Ruiz Zapata, M. Dorado Valiño, A. Valdeolmillos Rodríguez, M.J. Gil García, T. Bardají Azcárate, I. Bustamante Gutiérrez & I. Martínez Mendizábal. pp. 67-79. Alcalá de Henares, Universidad de Alcalá-MCYT-INQUA (Commission on Human Evolution and Palaeoecology).

 Finlayson, C., Fa, D.A., Finlayson, G., Giles Pacheco, F. & Rodríguez Vidal, J. (2004). Did the Moderns kill off the Neanderthals? A reply to d’Errico & Sánchez Goñi. Quaternary Science Reviews, 23: 1205-1209.

 Jennings, R.P., Finlayson, J.C., Fa, D.A. & Finlayson, G. (2004). Was climate change or the arrival of modern humans the leading factor in the extinction of the Neanderthals from southern Iberia? Book of Abstracts, Calpe 2004 Conference, Perspectives on Human Origins, 26th-29th August, John Mackintosh Hall, Gibraltar.

 Finlayson, C., Finlayson, G., Fa, D.A. & Recio Espejo, J.M. (2005). Bioclimatic Specialists and Generalists – Scars of the Quaternary Glaciations. In Cuaternario Mediterráneo y Poblamiento de Homínidos [Eds. J. Rodríguez Vidal, C. Finlayson & F. Giles Pacheco], AEQUA, Gibraltar. pp. 11-13.

 Giles Pacheco, F., Finlayson, C., Rodríguez Vidal, J., Santiago, A., Gutíerrez, J.M., Finlayson, G., Fa, D.A., Giles Guzmán, F., Brown, K. & Valarino, C. (2005). Revisión arqueológica del poblamiento prehistórico del Peñón de Gibraltar. Actas VI Reunión de Cuaternario Ibérico, Gibraltar, U.K. pp.68-69.

 Finlayson, C., Giles Pacheco, F., Rodriguez-Vidal, J. Fa, D.A., Gutierrez López, J.M., Santiago Pérez, A., Finlayson, G., Allue, E., Preysler, J., Cáceres, I., Carrión, J.S., Férnandez Jalvo, Y., Gleed-Owen, C., Jimenez Espejo, F.J., López, P., López Sáez, J.A., Riquelme Cantal, J.A., Sánchez Marco, A., Giles Guzman, F., Brown, K., Fuentes, N., Valarino, C., Villalpando, A., Stringer, C., Martinez Ruiz, F. & Sakamoto, T. (2006). Late survival of Neanderthals at the southernmost extreme of Europe. Nature, 443: 850–853.

 Jiménez-Espejo, F.J., Martínez-Ruiz, F., Finlayson, C., Paytan, A., Sakamoto, T., Ortega-Huertas, M., Finlayson, G., Iijima, K., Gallego-Torres, D. & Fa, D.A. (2007). Climate forcing and Neandertal extinction in Southern Iberia: insights from a multiproxy marine record. Quaternary Science Reviews, 26: 836–852.

 Rodríguez-Vidal, J., Finlayson, C., Flemming, N., Abad, M., Cáceres, L.M., Ruiz, F., Fa, D.A. & Finlayson, G. (2007). Rasgos erosivos de niveles marinos cuaternarios en las laderas del Peñon de Gibraltar. In Gómez-Pujol, L. & Fornós, J.J. [Eds.] Investigaciones Recientes (2005-2007) en Geomorfología Litoral. UIB, IMEDEA, SHNB, SEG. ISBN: 978-84-611-5926-0. pp. 163–166.

 Rodríguez-Vidal, J., Abad, M., Cáceres, L.M., Ruiz, F., Fa, D.A., Finlayson, C., Finlayson, G. & Martínez-Aguirre, A. (2007). Evidencias erosivos y bioerosivas en la costa rocosa de Gibraltar al inicio del último interglacial. In Gómez- Pujol, L. & Fornós, J.J. [Eds.] Investigaciones Recientes (2005-2007) en Geomorfología Litoral. UIB, IMEDEA, SHNB, SEG. ISBN: 978-84-611-5926-0. pp. 197–201.

 Giles Pacheco, F., Finlayson, C., Finlayson, G., Fa, D.A., J. Rodríguez-Vidal, J., Cáceres, L.M., Martínez-Aguirre, A., Santiago, A. & Gutiérrez López, G.M. (2007). Industria del Paleolítico Medio en Beefsteak Cave (Gibraltar): implicaciones Paleoambientales. Geogaceta, 43: 131–134.

 Rodríguez-Vidal, Cáceres, L.M., J., Martínez-Aguirre, A., Alcaraz, J.M., Finlayson, C., Finlayson, G. & Fa, D.A. (2008). El registro altitudinal de cambio climático en series kársticas pleistoceas de las Béticas occidentales. Geo- Temas, 10: 759–762.

 Bailey, G., Carrión, J.S., Fa, D.A., Finlayson, C., Finlayson, G., Rodríguez- Vidal, J. (2008). The coastal shelf of the Mediterranean and beyond: corridor and refugium for human populations in the Pleistocene. Quaternary Science Reviews, 27 (23-24): 2095–2099.

 Fa, D.A. (2008). Effects of tidal amplitude on intertidal resource availability and dispersal pressure in prehistoric human coastal populations: the Mediterranean-Atlantic transition. Quaternary Science Reviews, 27 (23-24): 2194–2209.

 Finlayson, C., Fa, D.A., Jimenez-Espejo, F., Carrion, J.S., Finlayson, G., Giles Pacheco, F., Rodríguez Vidal, J., Stringer, C. & Martinez Ruiz, F. (2008). Gorham's Cave, Gibraltar : The persistence of a Neanderthal population. Quaternary International, 181: 64–71.

 Ferguson, J., Fa, D.A., Finlayson, J.C. & Henderson, G.M. (2008). A record of seasonality in the Western Mediterranean from the LGM to recent using stable isotopes and trace elements in limpet shells. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 72 (12): A263.

 Muñiz, F., Cáceres, L., Rodríguez-Vidal, J., Finlayson, C., Fa, D.A. & Finlayson, G. (2009). Datos preliminaries sobre la icnología en dunas costeras del Pleistoceno superior de Gibraltar. In Palmqvist, P. & Pérez-Claros, J.A. [Co- ords.], Comunicaciones de las XXV Jornadas de la Sociedad Española de Paleontología, “Darwin, la Teoría de la Evolución y la Paleontología.” Universidad de Málaga, ISBN: 978-84-9747-312-5.

 Rodríguez-Vidal, J., Cáceres, L.M., Ruiz, F., Abad, M., Fa, D.A., Finlayson, G., Finlayson, C., & Bailey, G. (2009). Geomarkers of AD 1755 Tsunami on Gibraltar. In Pérez-López, R., Grützner, C., Lario, J., Reicherter, K & Silva, P.G. [Eds.] Archaeoseismology and Palaeoseismology in the Alpine-Himalayan Collisional Zone. Proceedings of the 1st INQUA-IGCP-567 International Workshop on Earthquake Archaeology and Palaeoseismology, ISBN: 978-84- 7484-217-3, Universidad Politéctnica de Madrid. pp. 122–124.

 Rodríguez-Vidal, J., Cáceres, L.M., Ruiz, F., Abad, M., Finlayson, C., Finlayson, G., Fa, D.A. & Martínez-Aguirre, A. (2010). Las arenas eólicas del Pleistoceno Superior en Gibraltar. Geogaceta, 48: 27–30.

 Colonese, A., Mannino, M.A., Bar-Yosef Mayer, D.E., Fa, D.A., Finlayson, J.C., Lubell, D. & Stiner, M.C. (2011). Marine mollusc exploitation in Mediterranean prehistory: an overview. Quaternary International, 239: 86–103.

 Finlayson, C., Carrión, J., Brown, K., Finlayson, G., Sánchez-Marco, A., Fa, D.A., Rodríguez-Vidal, J., Fernández, S., Fierro, E., Bernal-Gómez, M. & Giles- Pacheco, F. (2011). The Homo habitat niche: Using the avian fossil record to depict ecological characteristics of Palaeolithic Eurasian hominins. Quaternary Science Reviews, 30 (11-12), 1525–1532.

 Ferguson, J.E., Henderson, G.M., Fa, D.A., Finlayson, J.C. & Charnley, N.R. (2011). Increased seasonality in the Western Mediterranean during the last glacial from limpet shell geochemistry. Earth & Planetary Science Letters, 308: 325–333.

 Jennings, R.P., Finlayson, C., Fa, D.A. & Finlayson, G. (2011). Southern Iberia as a refuge for the last Neanderthal populations. Journal of Biogeography, 38(10): 1873-1885.

 Brown, K., Fa, D.A., Finlayson, G. & Finlayson, C. (2011). Small Game and Marine Resource Exploitation by Neanderthals: The Evidence from Gibraltar. In N.F. Bicho et al. [eds.], Trekking the Shore: Changing Coastlines and the Antiquity of Coastal Settlement, Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology, DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-8219-3_10, © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011. pp. 247–272.

 Riquelme Cantal, J.A., Finlayson, C., Giles Pacheco, F., Rodríguez Vidal, J., Finlayson, G., Santiago, A., Fa, D.A. (2011). La fauna de mamíferos solutrense de Gorham's Cave, Gibraltar. In [José Juan Fernández Caro, Rafael Baena Escudero, Eds.] Arqueología, Paleontología y Geomorfología del Cuaternario en España: X aniversario del Seminario Francisco Sousa (La Rinconada, Sevilla) ISBN 978-84-694-3625-7, pp. 161–178.

 Rodríguez-Vidal, J., Cáceres, L.M., Abad, M., Ruiz, F., González-Regalado, M.L. Finlayson, C., Finlayson, G., Fa, D.A., Rodríguez-Llanes, J.M., Bailey, G. (2011). The recorded evidence of AD 1755 Atlantic tsunami on the Gibraltar coast. Journal of Iberian Geology, 37(2): 177–193.

 Finlayson, C., Monclova, A., Carrión, J.S., Fa, D.A., Finlayson, G., Rodríguez- Vidal, J., Fierro, E., Fernández, S., Bernal-Gómez, M. & Giles-Pacheco, F. (2011). Ecological transitions– but for whom? A perspective from the Pleistocene. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.04.002.

 Cortés-Sánchez, M., Morales-Muñiz, A., Simón-Vallejo M.D., Lozano- Francisco, M.C., Vera-Peláez, J.L., Finlayson, C., Rodríguez-Vidal7, J., Delgado-Huertas, A., Jiménez-Espejo, F.J., Martínez-Ruiz, F., Martínez-Aguirre, M.A., Pascual-Granged, A.J., Bergadà-Zapata, M.M., Gibaja-Bao, J.F., Riquelme-Cantal, J.A., López-Sáez J.A., Rodrigo-Gámiz, M., Sakai, S., Sugisaki, S., Finlayson, G., Fa, D.A. & Bicho, N.F. (2011). Earliest Known Use of Marine Resources by Neanderthals. PLoS ONE 6(9):e24026. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0024026.

 Finlayson, C., Brown, K., Blasco, R., Rosell, J., Negro, J.J., Bortolotti, G.R., Finlayson, G., Sánchez Marco, A., Giles Pacheco, F., Rodríguez Vidal, J., Carrión, J.S., Fa, D.A. & Rodríguez Llanes, J.M. (2012) Birds of a Feather: Neanderthal Exploitation of Raptors and Corvids. PLoS ONE 7(9): e45927. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0045927

 Jiménez-Espejo, F.J., Rodríguez-Vidal, J., Finlayson, C., Martínez-Ruiz, F., Carrión J.S., García-Alix, A., Paytan, A., Giles Pacheco, F., Fa, D.A., Finlayson, G., Cortés-Sánchez, M., Rodrigo Gámiz, M., González-Donoso, J.M., Linares, M.D., Cáceres, L.M., Fernández, S., Iijima, K. & Martínez Aguirre, A. (2012). Environmental conditions and geomorphologic changes during the Middle- Upper Paleolithic in the southern Iberian Peninsula. Geomorphology doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.10.011

 Fa, D.A., Finlayson, C. & Finlayson, G., Gutierrez, J.M., Giles Pacheco, F. & Rodriguez-Vidal, J. (2012). An overview of over thirty millennia of marine mollusc exploitation at Gorham’s Cave, Gibraltar. Actas del III Reunión Científica De Arqueomalacología De La Península Ibérica. p. 33.

 Rodríguez-Vidal, J., Finlayson, G., Finlayson, C., Negro, J.J., Cáceres, L.M., Fa, D.A. & Carrión, J.S. (2013). Undrowning a lost world - the Marine Isotope Stage 3 landscape of Gibraltar. Geomorphology, doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.02.015

 Shipton, C., Clarkson, C., Bernal, M.A., Boivin, N., Finlayson, C., Finlayson, G., Fa, D., Giles Pacheco, F. & Petraglia, M. (2013). Variation in Lithic Technological Strategies among the Neanderthals of Gibraltar. PLoS ONE, 8(6): e65185. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0065185.

 Rodríguez-Vidal, J., d’Errico, F., Giles Pacheco, F., Blasco, R., Rodell, J., Jennings, R.P., Queffelec, A., Finlayson, G., Fa, D.A., Gutíerrez López, J.M., Carrión, J.S., Negro, J.J., Finlayson, S., Cáceres, L.M., Bernal, M.A., Fernández Jimenez, S & Finlayson, C. (2014). A rock engraving made by Neanderthals in Gibraltar. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1411529111.

 Fa, D.A., Finlayson, J.C., Finlayson, G., Giles Pacheco, F., Rodríguez-Vidal, J. & Gutíerrez López, J.M. (2016). Marine Mollusc exploitation as evidenced by the Gorham's Cave (Gibraltar) excavations 1998-2005: the Middle-Upper Palaeolithic Transition. Quaternary International, 407: 16–28.

Education & Interpretation:  Fa, D.A. (2004). Introducing Prehistory to Primary School Children: A Case Study in Gibraltar. TEMPER (Training, Education, Management and Prehistory in the Mediterranean). Bringing the Past to Diverse Communities: An International Conference on Management and Education in Mediterranean Prehistory: Abstracts Book. TEMPER, Rhodes, Greece.

Heritage Management:  Finlayson, C., Fa, D.A., Finlayson, G. & Viagas, C. (2001). Criteria for the management of a fortress city – Gibraltar, a case study. In Urban Development and Preservation of the Morphology of World Heritage Fortress Cities. 5th-7th September, Korea. UNESCO, pp. 53–70.

 Finlayson, C., Fa, D.A., Finlayson, G. & Viagas, C. (2004). The World Heritage List. Balancing Representation. In Edgar Tavares Lopez (Ed.) La Representatividad en la Lista del Patrimonio Mundial. El Patrimonio Cultural y Natural de Iberoamérica, Canadá y Estados Unidos. CONACULTA- INAH/ICOMOS, Mexico. pp 39–45.

 Fa, D.A., Finlayson, G. & Finlayson, C. (2011). Applying a Conservation Prioritization approach to Submerged and Coastal Heritage Sites. ARCHAEOMAP Programme Handbook ‘Archaeological Management Policies in the Mediterranean’, UNESCO pp. 107–116.

Edited Books and Volumes:  Finlayson, J.C. Finlayson, G. & Fa, D.A. [Eds.] (2000). Gibraltar during the Quaternary. Gibraltar Government Publications, Gibraltar.

 García- Gómez, J.C., Guerra-García, J.M., Mosquera de Arancibia, C., López-Fe de la Cuadra & Fa, D.A. [Eds.] (2003). Boletín del Instituto Español de Oceanografía, XII Simposio ibérico de estudios del bentos marino. Vol.19, Nos.1-4, Madrid, Spain. ISSN: 0074-0195. 522 pages.

 Finlayson, J.C. [Ed.] (2004). Gibraltar: 300 Years of Images. Gibraltar Government Publications, Gibraltar (Assistant Editors D. Fa & C. Valarino). ISBN 1-919658-06-8

 Bailey, G., Carrión, J.S., Fa, D.A., Finlayson, C., Finlayson, G., Rodríguez- Vidal, J. [Eds.] (2008). The coastal shelf of the Mediterranean and beyond: corridor and refugium for human populations in the Pleistocene. Quaternary Science Reviews, Special Issue Vol. 27, Issues 23-24.

Consultative Reports:  Fa, D.A. (2004). Report on Survey of Proposed Borrow Pit location and Site for Land Reclamation off the Present Airport Runway, to establish the status of the marine phanerogram Posidonia oceanica (Linné), a species forming a protected habitat under EU Directive 92/43/CEE, dated 21/05/92 within the survey areas. Report produced for the Gibraltar Government Ministry for Trade, Industry and Communications, submitted November 2004.

 Fa, D.A. (2005). Report on Survey of the north shoreline of the Gibraltar Airport runway to investigate the presence of Patella ferruginea Gmelin, 1791, a protected species in danger of extinction. Report produced for the Gibraltar Government Ministry for Trade, Industry and Communications, submitted October 2005.

 Fa, D.A. (2005). Report on Survey of the North Mole and surrounding coastlines to investigate the presence of Patella ferruginea Gmelin, 1791, a protected species in danger of extinction. Report produced for the Gibraltar Government Ministry for Trade, Industry and Communications, submitted November 2005.

 Fa, D.A. (2005). Report on Survey of the Rocky Intertidal Coastline of the East side of Gibraltar together with a specific investigation into the presence of Patella ferruginea Gmelin, 1791, a protected species in danger of extinction. Report produced for the Gibraltar Government Ministry for Trade, Industry and Communications, submitted November 2005.

 Fa, D. A. (2007). Report on survey to establish: 1) the status of the protected species Posidonia oceanica (Linné), Patella ferruginea Gmelin, Maja squinado (Herbst) and 2) any evidence of visible archaeology within the proposed Mid-Harbour Project Site. Report produced for the Gibraltar Government Ministry for Trade, Industry and Communications, submitted January 2007.

 Fa, D.A. & Finlayson, G. (2008). Marine Surveillance – Diving and Intertidal Survey. Report outlining the distribution and conservation status of four EU- protected marine species (Patella ferruginea, Pinna nobilis, Lithophaga lithophaga and Centrostephanus longispinus). Produced for the Gibraltar Government Ministry for the Environment, submitted December 2008.

 Fa, D.A. & Finlayson, G. (2009). Mid-Harbour Project: Marine Protected Species - Diving and Intertidal Survey. Report produced for the Gibraltar Government Ministry for the Environment, submitted October 2009.

 Fa, D.A. (2010). EIG submarine cable: Screening opinion on potential environmental impacts. Report produced for GibTelecom Ltd., submitted February 2010.

 Finlayson, G. & Fa, D.A. (2010). EIG submarine cable: Screening opinion on potential archaeological impacts. Report produced for GibTelecom Ltd., submitted September 2010.

 Finlayson, G. & Fa, D.A. (2010). Report on the diving works carried out off the east side of the Gibraltar Airport runway: Submerged Archaeology and Marine Ecology. Report produced for Obrascon Huarte Lain, SA, submitted September 2010.

 Fa, D.A. & Finlayson, G. (2011). Benthic Invertebrate Sampling: Establishing EcoQs for Gibraltar Waters. Report produced for the Gibraltar Government Ministry for the Environment, submitted February 2011.

 Fa, D.A. & Finlayson, G. (2012). Report on the presence of Patella ferruginea along the north face of the Airport Runway. Report produced for the Gibraltar Government Technical Services Department, submitted May 2012.

 Fa, D.A. & Finlayson, G. (2012). Ecological Survey of the proposed reclamataion area of Western Beach, north of the Airport Runway, with particular reference to the presence of Patella ferruginea, an EU-protected species. Report produced for the Gibraltar Government Technical Services Department, submitted May 2012.

 Fa, D.A. & Finlayson, G. (2013). Mid-Town Harbour Small Boats Marina – Environmental Statement. Report produced for H.M. Government of Gibraltar, submitted May 2013.

Ph.D. Theses Supervised: Supervisor for Dr Free Espinosa Torre, who was awarded his Ph.D. “suma cum laude” by the Department of Marine Biology, University of Seville in February 2006, for his work on the population dynamics and conservation management of the intertidal limpet Patella ferruginea (Gmelin, 1791), a protected species considered in danger of extinction.

Supervisor for Dr Alexander Menez who was awarded his Ph.D. by Cardiff University, U.K. in October 2008, for his work on determinants of the distributions and abundances of land molluscs, based in south Iberia.

Currently supervisor for Stewart Finlayson on his PhD on the relationship between Neanderthals and bird as evidenced by findings at Gibraltar, at Anglia Ruskin University.

Currently supervisor for Lewis Stagnetto on his PhD entitled “The changes in rates of calcification with decreasing acidity for the Coccolithophorid Emiliania huxleyi” at the University of Gibraltar.

Currently supervisor for Sonal Samtani on her PhD entitled “The Quality of Life of Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease and their Caregivers in Gibraltar” at the University of Gibraltar.

Currently supervisor Stephen Warr on his PhD entitled “Connectivity within and beyond Marine Protected Areas: Metapopulation dynamics and conservation of the critically endangered limpet, Patella ferruginea, in the Straits of Gibraltar and Alboran Sea.” at the University of Gibraltar.

Ph.D. Tribunals: Rivera-Ingraham, Georgina A. (2010). Biología de la conservación de especies de patelidos en el umbral atlántico-mediterráneo. Awarded Doctor cum laude in Biology (with European Mention). Department of Physiology and Zoology, University of Seville, Spain.

Cuenca Solana, David (2012). Utilización de instrumentos de concha para la realización de actividades productivas en las formaciones económico sociales de los cazadores-recolectores-pescadores y primeras sociedades tribales de la fachada Atlántica europea. Awarded Doctor suma cum laude in Archaeology. Department of History, University of Cantabria, Spain.

Books and other Non-Refereed Publications:  Fa, D. & Montegiffo, G. (2003). Prehistoric Gibraltar. Aquila Services Ltd., Gibraltar. ISBN 1-919655-07-7.

 Smith, P. & Fa, D. (2004). Underwater Gibraltar: A Guide to the Rock’s Submerged Sites. Aquila Services Ltd., Gibraltar. ISBN 1-919655-08-5.

 Fa, D. & Finlayson, J.C. (2006). The Fortifications of Gibraltar 1160-1945. Osprey Publishers.

Other Conferences Attended:  ICOMOS UK and University of Oxford. The Cultural Landscape: Planning for a sustainable partnership between people and place. Oxford University, Oxford, 3rd-5th May 2000.

 UNESCO & Denkmal. Denkmal 2000: European Fair for Cultural Heritage, Conservation and Urban Renewal. Messagelände Congress Centre, Leipzig, Germany, 25th-28th October 2000.

 Jornadas Temáticas Andaluzas de Arqueología. Los Castillos. Reflexiones ante el reto de su conservación. Alcalá la Real (Jaén), Spain, 26th-28th May 2004.

 IV Simposio de Prehistoria Cueva de Nerja. La Cuenca Mediterránea durante el Paleolítico Superior, Fundación Cueva de Nerja, Nerja, Spain, 26th November 2004.

 Quaternary Research Association Annual Discussion Meeting 2005, on The Palaeolithic Occupation of Britain, British Museum, London, U.K., 5th-6th January 2005.

 European Network of Neanderthal Sites, Neander Valley, Dusseldorf, Germany, 12th-14th October, 2011.

 SPLASHCOS (Submerged Prehistoric Archaeology and Landscapes of the Continental Shelf) Final Meeting, Szczecin, Poland, 23rd – 27th September, 2013.

 International Education Conference on Small island Developing States: Rethinking Education in Small Island Developing States. University of Seychelles, Seychelles, 5th-85th July, 2015.

 UE4SD (University educators for Sustainable Development) meeting. Madrid, Spain 23rd-26th November, 2015.

 SDSN (Sustainable Developments Solutions Network) Mediterranean General Assembly, CRUI, Rome, 16th February 2016.

 MarCons (Advancing Marine Conservation in European and Contiguous Seas) European Cooperation in Science and Technology COST Action Kick- off meeting, Zagreb, Croatia 13th-14th October 2016.

 MEDPAN (Mediterranean Protected Areas Network), Forum, Tangiers, Morocco 28th November – 1st December 2016.

Other Research-Related Experience:

 I am currently in the process of developing a Masters degree in Marine Science and Climate Change to be offered by the University of Gibraltar.

 I have conducted surveys to establish abundances and distributions of four EU-protected (Annex IV of the Habitats Directive) species in the waters around Gibraltar. These species are: Patella ferruginea, Pinna nobilis, lithophaga lithophaga and Centrostephanus longispinus. In addition I have given presentations to local divers on endangered species identification and established collaborative relationships with local diving Clubs which resulted in regular reports of sightings of these species, together with an increased awareness of conservation priorities by the divers concerned. It is expected that a long-term monitoring programme will follow from the results of these surveys.

 I have been an active collaborator with and consultant to the Marine Biology Group from the University of Seville since 1991 when I participated in a five-year study of the Bay of Gibraltar (1991-1995). This same project was awarded the Grand International Prize in Marine Environmental Research (1998) by the Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques (CMAS - the World Underwater Federation). Since then I have co-supervised PhD students and contine to work closely with colleagues at this institution, having co-authored several publications with them. Moreover, due to having established links with U.K., Spanish and Gibraltar-based institutions and universities, I have been involved in both the co-ordinating of collaborative research projects between these and their funding, for example through EEC grants.

 I am also a principal investigator within the Gibraltar Caves Project which includes archaeologists and palaeontologists from the Natural History Museum in London (team leader Dr Chris Stringer), the Museum of El Puerto de Santa Maria (team leader Dr Francisco Giles Pacheco) and The Gibraltar Museum (team leader Professor Clive Finlayson) who are excavating Neanderthal deposits in Gorham’s and Vanguard Caves on Gibraltar’s south-east coast. My main role is to organise and supervise the operation of the laboratories, where samples are processed and catalogued. This also involves creating, updating and using databases and related software, such as GIS. Due to my strengths in marine biology, ecology and statistics I am also involved in carrying out the sampling and classification of marine remains as well as the environmental and ecological reconstruction aspects of the project. Part of this project involved being lead partners in an EU-funded project (PALAEOMED) which ran from 2002-2004 and promoted collaborative work with other countries along the Mediterranean basin.

 I am co-director (along with Dr Geraldine Finlayson of the Gibraltar Museum Underwater Research Unit) of a number of on-going projects. These include: - As an extension of the Gibraltar Caves Project, a systematic programme to map and excavate Gibraltar’s underwater caves (see GIBRAMAR Project below); - In collaboration with the Nautical Archaeological Society, a project to locate, identify and map wrecks within Gibraltar’s waters using a GIS system; - A long-term systematic survey of the seabed around Gibraltar, recording aspects such as geology, substrate, marine habitats and species, etc; - The cannon pile project, which is surveying an underwater site with a number of early 19th-Century cannon with a view to their subsequent raising, conservation and display.

 I am assisting in on-going research (together with colleagues from the Marine Biology Laboratory of the University of Seville) within an EEC-funded MIGRES project aimed at studying the population dynamics and movements of the various cetacean communities within the Bay of Gibraltar, including the elucidation of the possible effects of various anthropogenic impacts on these creatures.

 I am a principal investigator within a NERC-funded EFCHED project (GIBRAMAR), which involves collaborations between the Gibraltar Museum, York University and Southampton University’s National Oceanography Centre, which is aimed at researching the undersea landscapes that would have been exposed during periods of low sea level (during glacial cycles), and which involves the mapping out features of the seabed using a variety of remote sensing and diving techniques. This includes the exploration and excavation of submarine caves.

 I have represented the United Kingdom as environmental consultant (Madrid, September 2000), where I worked with representatives from France, Spain and Portugal in the drafting of EEC INTERREG objectives and the preparation of the final proposals for the EU South-West European region (SUDOE).

 Collaborating with Dr Richard Jennings (University of Cork, Ireland) on his research work regarding the effects of climate and differences in landscape utilisation between Neanderthals and Modern Humans.

 Together with Museum colleagues Prof. Clive Finlayson and Dr Geraldine Finlayson, am collaborating with Jody Weissman (Ph.D. student) and Professors Christoph Zollikofer and Marcia Ponce de Leon (university of Zurich, Switzerland), an computer-based modelling of the effects of climatic variations in predator-prey systems in Pleistocene Eurasia.

 Currently collaborating with Dr Julie Ferguson (university of Berkeley, California) on the use of Stable isotopes in marine organisms as palaeothermometers, and investigating the effects of old carbon on 14C dating errors.

 Collaborating with Dr James Haile (University of Cambridge, UK) on the extraction of DNA from ancient shell material.

 I was a principal investigator within an EU-INTERREG – funded project which ran between 2002 and 2004 and involved a Mediterranean-wide study of prehistoric human populations along the coastal shelf. This subsequently evolved into the GIBRAMAR project.

 I have been directly involved in a number of Environmental Impact Assessments, both locally and internationally as part of a multi-national team of ecological and environmental specialists, and am also regularly consulted on both environmental (especially marine) and heritage-based aspects in EIAs carried out by other firms.

 I have acted as academic referee for the following scientific journals:  Archaeofauna;  Biodiversity and Conservation;  Environmental Monitoring and Assessment;  Global Ecology and Biogeography;  Journal of Environmental Management;  Journal of the Marine Biological Association, U.K.;  Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research;  Quaternary International;  Quaternary Science Reviews;  PLoS One.

 I have worked as a consultant as part of a specialist team for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in the preparation of a Global Strategy for the World Heritage list, with particular reference to the Asia-Pacific region.

 I also regularly act as an environmental/historic consultant for the Gibraltar Government.

 I have formed part of working groups that have been tasked with the development and drafting of environmental (Endangered Species Act, Nature Protection Act) legislation.

Other Education/ Public Awareness/ Media -Related Experience:

 I give lectures and on-location talks on Gibraltar’s history and natural environment for a number of locally-based Government departments, societies and institutions such as the Department of Education, local television, the Gibraltar Ornithological and Natural History Society, Gibraltar Museum and most recently on behalf of the University. A selection of some titles include: 2002 – Did prehistoric people cross the Strait? 2005 – Of Darwin, Barnacles and Geese: The marine diversity of the Straits of Gibraltar. 2008 – Chaos, Genes and Time Machines. 2010 – Collections and Connections. 2012 – Pristine Wilderness or Cultural Landscape? 2013 – The History of Gibraltar in Five Parts: 2 History of a Fortress. 2015 – The Effect of the Fortress on the Inhabitants of Gibraltar.

 As a diving instructor, I regularly run BSAC-recognized courses on Marine Life Identification and Marine Biology apart from instructing on diving techniques.

 In August 2000, I was Marine Biologist on a UK military forces expedition to Fort Bovisand, Plymouth, U.K., where I taught Marine Life and Wreck Identification courses, as well as leading exploratory dives on a number of wrecks.

 I was Vice-President of the organising committee for the12th Iberian Benthic Ecology Congress held in Gibraltar and La Línea (Spain) from the 22nd to the 25th October 2002. This involved not only working on the academic programme but involved a good deal of logistical management and organising in terms of transport, accommodation, meals, etc., all of which were complicated by the fact that the Congress was a trans-border event which required liaising with two sets of authorities and representatives on all issues.

 I regularly lecture to undergraduates of the Marine Biology Department of the University of Seville and the University of Cádiz (Ciencias del Mar) on marine ecology, biomonitoring and environmental assessment and management.

 Together with other members of the Gibraltar Museum Team, Professor Clive Finlayson and Dr Geraldine Finlayson, I have researched, been consulted upon, assisted and on several occasions, featured in a number of popular programmes in several different media, particularly television. These include: - (1998) GBC production on Gibraltar’s Marine Wildlife (assisted with production) - (1998) BBC’s ‘Really Wild Show’ (assisted with organization) - (1999) Television Documentary on the Marine life of the Straits of Gibraltar directed by German filmmaker Sigurd Tesche (organized, consulted and featured) - (2000) UK Channel 5 documentary on the dolphins in the Bay (assisted in organization and featured) - BBC Natural History Unit - (2003) French Channel (France 5 / SCÉRÉN-CNDP) programme entitled 'Gibraltar', part of the 'Poussiéres d'Empires' series (assisted in organization and consulted) - (2004) BBC Horizon Programme on the extinction of the Neanderthals (assisted with organization and production) - National Geographic Explorer Series programme on Phoenicians (assisted in organization and featured) - National Geographic Explorer Series programme on Neanderthals (assisted in organization and featured) - The History Channel ‘Searching for the Truth’ Programme on Pirates (assisted in organization, consulted and featured) - The History Channel ‘Searching for the Truth’ Programme on Neanderthals (assisted in organization, consulted and featured) - Japanese Channel programme on Global Climate Change (assisted in organization, consulted and featured) - (2007) German TV (REISEWEGE) documentary entitled ‘Die Strasse Von Gibraltar’ produced by Barbara Dickenberger (assisted in organization, consulted and featured) - (2007) USA-channel programme on the Neanderthal extinction (assisted in organization, consulted and featured) - (2008) BBC programme entitled ‘The Human Journey’ with Dr Alice Roberts on human evolution (assisted in organization, consulted and featured) - (2011) BBC programme entitled ‘Origins of Us’ with Dr Alice Roberts on human evolution (assisted in organisation, consulted and featured). - (2012) Austrian TV series entitled ‘Terra Mater - Das dunkle Geheimnis der Neandertaler’ on human evolution (assisted in organisation and featured). - (2013) Channel 5 TV series entitled ‘Gibraltar – Britain in the Sun’ (consulted and featured).

 I have formed part of working groups that have been tasked with the development and drafting of legislation, both environmental (Endangered Species Ordinance, Nature Protection Ordinance) and heritage-based (Heritage Protection Ordinance). I am now assisting in the preparation of a new Development and Town Plan for Gibraltar.

 I am also regularly called upon to provide ‘statements of significance’ for buildings, fortifications and sites (both historical and environmental), which are then used to assist with development and planning issues, as well as carrying out ad hoc research stemming from requests from members of the public.

 I have worked as representative and public relations officer in Gibraltar for Discover the World, an eco-tourism company.

 I have worked as a consultant marine biologist for the Gibraltar Government (1992-1994) in exploring the viability and possible development of a fish-farming operation in Gibraltar.

 Between 1990 and 1999 I co-authored (with Mr Alexander Menez) a weekly review of natural history and science-related issues for one of the local newspapers.

Other Employment Experience:  From July to September 1985 I worked as a Bill Collector for Banque Indosuez, Gibraltar.

 I worked for the Gibraltar Government as a Lifeguard and Beach Keeper every year during the summer months from 1986 to 1990 inclusive.

 During my years as a student in the UK (1986-1990) I worked as a live and recording professional session musician for several record labels and studios. I still maintain this pursuit, and regularly play professionally with my band.

Additional skills:  I am well-versed in a wide range software programmes. Apart from having used a number of office suites (Microsoft, Corel), I regularly use a number of statistical analysis tools, (particularly numerical software including SPSS, PRIMER, CANOCO, the Cornell Ecology programmes, MVSP), drawing & design programmes, (particularly Paint Shop Pro, Corel Draw, Adobe Photoshop, Autocad Lite), GIS (Idrisi, ArcView, ArcInfo, QuantumGIS) and databases (Microsoft Access, Paradox).

 I also have experience in a number of analytical chemical techniques, including gas chromatography, gel electrophoresis, spectroscopic and colorimetric as well as sedimentological techniques.

 I am a keen photographer and have an extensive collection of slides and digital images, particularly with relation to natural history and heritage. I am particularly interested in sub-aqua photography and a number of these photographs have subsequently been published e.g. in the encyclopaedia Naturaleza de Andalucía. Tomo 2: El Mar.

 I have worked professionally as an artist since my early teens and also won prizes at a number of exhibitions. Although I rarely have time to paint for pleasure, I often used it during my period of employment as a teacher and also illustrated both the ‘Prehistoric Gibraltar’ and ‘Underwater Gibraltar’ books previously mentioned.

 Although English is my first language I am also fluent in Spanish.